Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.caff.is/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CAFFS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CAFFSecretariat
Founded
1991-06 Rovaniemi Finland
History
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Address the conservation of Arctic biodiversity, and communicate findings to the governments and residents of the Arctic, helping to promote practices which ensure the sustainability of the Arctic's living resources; serve as a vehicle to cooperate on species and habitat management and utilization, to share information on management techniques and regulatory regimes, and to facilitate more knowledgeable decision-making; provide a mechanism to develop common responses on issues of importance for the Arctic ecosystem such as development and economic pressures, conservation opportunities and political commitments.
Events
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Cooperates with:
- T-XT9585 - African-Eurasian Migratory /Water Bird/ Agreement (AEWA);
- K-XK2094 - Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP);
- E-XE2315 - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP);
- T-XT9211 - Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity convention);
- E-XK1391 - Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR);
- F-XF2419 - European Environment Agency (EEA);
- F-XF2147 - European Union (EU);
- F-XF2721 - Global Resource Information Database (GRID);
- D-XD4238 - Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM);
- F-XF4685 - OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Commission);
- E-XK1390 - Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME);
- E-XE3586 - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD);
- E-XF0407 - Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS);
- E-XE1306 - Secretariat of the Convention of Wetlands;
- E-XE3288 - Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR);
- E-XE8372 - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC);
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE4116 - Working Group on Sustainable Development (SDWG).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with:
- E-XJ1201 - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS); D-XD8286 - Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH); E-XJ1723 - East Asian - Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP); C-XD1606 - International Arctic Science Committee (IASC); C-XC2497 - International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS); A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN); C-XB0004 - Wetlands International; F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Arctic.
Publications
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- Climatology → Arctic Zones
- Plant Life → Plants
- Zoology → Animals
- Conservation → Conservation
- Harmony → Diversity
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XK0713
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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